A state-of-the-art review on the setting behaviours of ground granulated blast furnace slag-and metakaolin-based alkali-activated materials

L Li, J Xie, B Zhang, Y Feng, J Yang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) are inorganic cementitious materials that are regarded as
potential substitutes for ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due to their better properties and …

Recent progress in understanding setting and hardening of alkali-activated slag (AAS) materials

D Jiang, C Shi, Z Zhang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated slag (AAS with type of slag being blast-furnace slag) binders possesses
substantially different hydration mechanisms from Portland cement (PC) binders, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Hydration characteristics and microstructure of alkali-activated slag concrete: a review

Q Fu, M Bu, Z Zhang, W Xu, Q Yuan, D Niu - Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated slag concrete (AASC) is a new green building material. The amount of CO 2
produced by AASC is 1/5th of that produced by ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC) …

Alkali-activated slag (AAS) paste: Correlation between durability and microstructural characteristics

M Shariati, A Shariati, NT Trung, P Shoaei… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was aimed at evaluating the effects of alkali activator solution and utilization of
silica fume (SF) on durability and microstructural characteristics of alkali-activated ground …

Preparation of coal gangue-slag-fly ash geopolymer grouting materials

L Guo, M Zhou, X Wang, C Li, H Jia - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
To prepare a low-cost geopolymer grouting material (LCGGM), the industrial solid wastes
coal gangue (CG), blast furnace slag (BFS) and fly ash (FA) were used as silica-alumina …

Effectiveness of alkali-activated slag as alternative binder on workability and early age compressive strength of cemented paste backfills

H Jiang, Z Qi, E Yilmaz, J Han, J Qiu, C Dong - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
A full understanding of the workability and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) of
cemented paste backfill (CPB), made of alkali-activated slag (AAS) as an alternative binder …

Effects of activator properties and GGBFS/FA ratio on the structural build-up and rheology of AAC

X Dai, S Aydın, MY Yardımcı, K Lesage… - Cement and Concrete …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of ground granulated blast furnace slag/fly ash (GGBFS/FA) ratio, mass ratio of
SiO 2 to Na 2 O (M s) of activator solution and sodium silicate dosage on structural build-up …

[HTML][HTML] Autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag: A critical review

Z Li, Y Chen, JL Provis, Ö Cizer, G Ye - Cement and Concrete Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides a critical review on autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag (AAS).
It is reported that AAS paste, mortar, and concrete generally show larger autogenous …

[HTML][HTML] Interpreting the early-age reaction process of alkali-activated slag by using combined embedded ultrasonic measurement, thermal analysis, XRD, FTIR and …

R Cao, S Zhang, N Banthia, Y Zhang… - Composites Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the present study, the early-age reaction process of alkali-activated slag (AAS) pastes was
in-situ monitored by using embedded piezoelectric transducer based ultrasonic monitoring …

Pore solution composition of alkali-activated slag/fly ash pastes

Y Zuo, M Nedeljković, G Ye - Cement and Concrete Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The pore solutions of a series of hardened alkali-activated slag/fly ash pastes were extracted
by the steel-die method, and analyzed using ICP-OES analysis technique. According to the …